The York Region Employment Survey is an annual Region-wide door-to-door survey of all businesses with a physical presence in the Region (including home and farm based businesses that may participate optionally online). It helps provide the information for the York Region Business Directory. This is the most comprehensive list of businesses within York Region.

As a top Toronto area destination for business, talent and investment, York Region is the ideal place for you to take your career to the next level.

Located in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), York Region is now home to 1.2 million residents. The Region’s nine local municipalities are some of the most sought-after communities in Canada, offering unparalleled quality of life that attracts up to 25,000 new residents every year, most of whom are top professionals just like you.

York Region has many options for businesses and entrepreneurs looking for shared and co-working office space throughout it’s nine different cities and towns. The shared office space locations are organized individually for the southern three cities and towns – Markham, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan – and combined for the northern six communities of Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket, and Whitchurch-Stouffville.

Canada’s Global Skills Strategy makes it easier for Canadian businesses to attract the talent they need to succeed in the global marketplace. Whether recruiting professionals from around the world to train Canadian workers, or working with employers planning job-creating investments in Canada, the Global Skills Strategy provides businesses in Canada with a faster way to bring in global talent in order to scale-up and grow—creating better jobs for more Canadians.

Fast-Track Visa for Technology Talent

Through the Global Skills Strategy, employers can bring temporary workers into Canada faster

The new plan is to allow companies that qualify to get visas and work permits approved inside two weeks as standard – under the current system the minimum processing time is six months

The Global Talent Stream is open to foreign workers with executive and managerial experience, and the two-week processing standard also applies to immediate family members accompanying the workers to Canada

Planned changes will also see the creation of a 30-day work permit that can be spread across a year, meaning companies can bring in workers for short stints without the need to apply for new paperwork each time

Benefits

More talent: Making it easier for immigrants to get work visas provides companies with access to more talent, globally

More qualified talent: Companies will have access to the talent they need to help their business thrive

Compete on a global scale: With access to more talent, Canadian companies will be in a better position to compete on a global level

More investment in Canadian companies: Better talent will attract investors to the Canadian marketplace. “Investment follows talent,” said Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s minister of immigration, on Reuters. “Investment will not come to Canada if the talent is not there,” he said

The issue centres around the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), a tool designed to assess if a Canadian is available to fill the required position

Under the new rules, companies will be able to qualify for the fast-track visa by proving they need highly-qualified foreign talent for investments, to create jobs or to transfer knowledge to Canadians. Multinationals making big investments will also be able to access the new system